Public and Parental Investments and Children’s Skill Formation

Miriam Gensowski (), Rasmus Landersø (), Philip Dale, Anders Højen, Laura Justice and Dorthe Bleses
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Miriam Gensowski: Rockwool Foundation
Rasmus Landersø: Rockwool Foundation Research Unit
Philip Dale: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Anders Højen: Aarhus University
Laura Justice: Ohio State University
Dorthe Bleses: Aarhus University
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Rasmus Landersø

No 2024-011, Working Papers from Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group

Abstract: This paper studies the interaction between parental and public inputs in children’s skill formation. We perform a longer-run follow-up study of a randomized controlled trial that increased preschool quality and initially improved skills significantly for children of all backgrounds. There is, however, complete fade-out for children with highly educated parents. Given positive long-run effects for children with low-educated parents, the treatment reduces child skill gaps across parents’ education by 46%. We show that the heterogeneous treatment effects are a result of differences in parents’ responses in terms of investments, reacting to school quality later in childhood. There is also evidence of cross-productivity between reading and math skills and socio-emotional development.

Keywords: public investment; school quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I24 I28 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-05
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